Toy car



(No Model.)

J. FALLOWS.

TOY GAR, WAGON, OR OTHER VEHICLE.

PatentedFeb. 27,1883.

ATT'o a N EY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES FALLOWS, on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY CAR, WAG.ON,,OR OTHER VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,046, dated February27, 1883.

Application filed December 6, 1882. (Nomodeh) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FALLows, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Cars, Wagons, or otherVehicles, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompany ing drawings, in which- Figure l is atop orplan view of the portion of the toy embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of a car having my invention applied to it. Fig. 3is anend view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre' sponding parts in theseveral figures.

My invention relates toimprovements in the construction of tin toys ofthe order of cars, wagons, or other vehicles; and it consists in makingthe floor, platforms, dashers, axlebearings, and steps of the vehicle ofone piece of metal, whereby a strong, durable, and inexpensive articleis produced, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of a vehicle of theform of a car, and B represents the floor to which the body is secured.0 represents the platforms of the vehicle; D, the dashers; E, the steps,and F the journal or axle bearings of the wheels G. The floor,platforms, dashers, steps, and axle-bearings are formed of one pieceofmetal, the blank being substantially of the shape shown in Fig. 1, theparts thereof adapted fbr the platforms and dashers being longitudinalcontinuations of the part adapted for the floor, the parts adapted forthe axle-bearings projecting laterally from the floor part, and the partadapted for the steps projecting lateralh from the parts adapted for theplatforms. The several parts may be cut of plain or ornamental form. Theparts for the dashers are bent upwardly, and those for the steps andaxle-bearings bent downwardly, the parts for the steps being furtherbent into L shape, after which the body (J D E F enumerated are made ofone piece of metal, I avoid the employment of separate pieces, and theconsequent soldering and joints, wherefore there is a saving ofmaterial, labor, time, and expense, and the production of a stronger,cheaper, and better article.

The bending of the parts for the dashers, steps, and axle-bearin gs maybe simultaneous with the cutting or shaping of the same in-conjunctionwith the floor part, or a distinct operation therefrom, and the floormay have formed in it at either time openings at to receive theattaching-lugs of the bottom of the body of the vehicle.

It is evident that the vehicle may be formed with a platform, dasher,and steps integral with the floor at one or both ends thereof, asdesired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a toy vehicle, the floor, platforms, dashers, steps, andaxle-bearings formed of one piece of sheet metal bent into shape,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The body, in combination with the floor, platform, dashers, steps,and axle-bearings, constructed of one piece of sheet metal bent intoshape, and forming an improvement in toy vehicles formed of metal.

3. A blank for sheet-metal toy vehicles, consisting of the central part,B,the end parts, 0 D, and the side parts, E F, said end parts and sideparts being-adapted to be bent into shape, substantially as set forth.

JAMES FALLows.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

